dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
retention; maintenance; preservation
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
towering; astonishingly high
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to stab; to pierce; to run through (e.g. with a sword)
internal bleeding; internal haemorrhage; internal hemorrhage
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
it seems so; that's what it looks like
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
leader (of an alliance); leading power
house where the family is out
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor